Paper perforating and filing device.



F. J. KLEIN.

PAPER PERFORATING AND FILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. 1913 1,157,228.. Patented 001. 19, 1915.

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F. J. KLEIN.

PAPER PERFORATING AND FILING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. 1913.

1,157,228. Patented 0011111915.

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To all whom it may concern:

ceive the papers,

r STATES FRED J. KLEIN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y

PAPER PERFOBATING .AND FILING DEVICE.

Be it known that ,1, FRED J. KLEI N, a citizen of the United States, and resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have-invented certain; new and useful Improvements in Paper Perforating and Filing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for perforating and filing documents, letters, and other papers.

Its main object is to use with tongued or pin paper fasteners, whereby thepapers can be perforated and placed on the fasteners. It. is especially adapted for use with the type of tongued paper fastener embodying a base portion or pins at or near the ends of My invention embodies means for supporting a paper the tongues in a means for perforating the for placing them on the In connection with the I have also devised papers, and means fastener tongues. perforatmg operation;

special means for supporting the fastener tongues, and also means for alining the fasteners on the device.

The means I employ for accomplishing the above-mentioned objects, and various -.advantages vof my improved perforating and filing device are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the preferred form ofmy invention. Fig. 2 is a planof the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a portion of the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4: is a'plan of a portion of the same device w1th certain parts removed,

in different positions from those other parts Figs. 5 and 6 are side elevations of Fig. 2.

showing operating positions of this form of my invention. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of another modification of my invention.

8 is a front elevation of the same;

Like characters refer to like parts in all figures of the drawings.

In the form of my invention illustrated in Figs. -1 to 6,' inclusive, 2 is the base, 3 is the operating lever having a handle 4 and fulcrumedon the screw 5, which is fastened into the slotted post 6 secured to the base 2 by a screw? and washer 8. Gage brackets 9 are also fastened to the base by screws 10, about midway of the base, one on each side.

Specification of Letters Patent;

produce a device for fastener of this type, with convenient position to re-' Patented Oct. 19,1915.

port the fastener-alining member 12. The alining member 12 consists of a cross-bar 12, a right hand branch 12 and a left hand branch 12, both at right angles to the cross-bar, and also a rearward extending branch 12 carried ina slot 13 in the post. Said branch 12 is provided with a slot 14, through which passes the screw 15 by means of which the alining member is maintained in proper alinement. The slots Hand 13 act as guides for said alining 'member 12, when it is given to and fro movements, by means of the lever 3 through the connecting link 16. Said connecting link 16 is secured to the lever 3 by a pin 17, and to the alining member by a pin 18, and when the lever 3 is at the limit of its upward and backward movement, the forward ends of the alining member are even with the front faces of the brackets 9, as illustrated in Fig. 5. The forward ends of the alining member 12, are beveled at 19, and auxiliary members 20 are riveted to the branches 12 and 12", and have beveled faces 21. Recesses 22 are also provided, which are a trifle wider than the thickness of a fastener tongue. Clips 23 are fastened to the base 2, by means of screws, and serve to hold the paper fasteners 24, when placed in I The said brackets are slotted at 11 to supproper position. -On the operating lever 3 is fastened a bar 25, having perforating slots 26, which are in alinement with the tongues 27 of the paper fasteners 24.

, The operation of the preferred form of my invention described above, is as follows: The paper fasteners usually employed with my device, consist of a base 24: and tongues '27 at or near each end of the base, bent up at right angles thereto. A paper fastener of this type is placed on the base 2, with the fastener base 24: under the clips 23, and the tongues projecting upward on the outer sidesof said clips. A paper or document desired to be perforated and placed on the fastener, is placed against the points 27 of the tongues, as at P, Fig. 5, and the lever 3 is then brought down, forcing the bar 25 and the paper P onto the fastener tongues, as indicated in Fig. 6, until both are arrested by the alining member 12. The lever is then .moved up and back to the position shown in Fig. 5, and the paper is then pushed down-by handas far as it will go on the fastener tongues. If the fastener tongues are not spaced exactly the correct distance apart to aline with the slots 26, or

either or both do not properly aline with said slots by reason of being bent or ,iuo't be= ing properly placed, they are causedto be properly alined by the beveled faces 19 and.

21 of the members 127,12, and respec 'tively as illustrated in Fig. 4:, where continued movement of said beveled faces inthe direction indicated by the arrows will cause V 37 'secur'edto it next to the standards."

the tongues to be-bent or 'inovedsuificiently in a lateral direction, toenterthe recesses 22, where they will be in line with the perforating slots 26 of the bar '25 when they pass down to the perforatingpoint. The papers-are thus placed on the fastener tongues, one or more at atime until a sufii cient number has been filed, and the fastener and papers are then removed by drawing them for-ward. a

In the modified form of my'dev'ice illustrated 'inFigs. 7 and 8, I have provided standards '32 fixed in the baseQ at right angles 'thereto, and mounted for up and down movement on said standardsiis a crossbar 33, having two perforating slots 3 f. At

the upper part of thestan'dards' is journaled spindle 35,-a'nd arms-3'7. Links 40 connect the operatinglever' "3 to'the cross-bar 33,

which fmoves up and down with the lever "movement. The operation of this form of my-device is as follows; A paper fastener '24 is placed in position under the clips, a paper is placed on the ends of the tongues, and'the lever 3 being brought down, causes the paper to be forced onto the ends of the tongues.

Continued movement ofthe 'lever,'causes the cam 36 to operate the spindle 35, and arms 37, so that said'arms swing back out of contact with the tongues,and out of 'thepath of the paper. The lever 3 then moves the slotted bar'33 down as far as it will go, and the paper with it, so as to come con- "tact with the-paper filed before it. It is possible to press the papers clear onto the .fastener by means of the mechanism of the I device, and without hand"manipulation' 'at the latter part of the operation, -as was the case with the form of'the devicefirst described.

I'claim: 1 r p 1. In a paper filing device, the' combination of paper fastener' base holding means which releasethefa'stener on drawing it forward, fastener 1 itongue supporting means having straight line engagingand releasing movements, and means-for forcmg the paper perforating "slots,

paper fasteners in .posi-ti'on on said base.

and file them. 7 V V y 2. In'a paper 'filing device, the combination of. a base, paper fastener holding means pers onto the fastenertongiies to perforate carried thereon which release the fastener on drawing it forward, fastener tongue sup- W porting means having right line :engaging "and releasing movements, and means for forcing the papers onto the fastener tongues to perforate and file them.

3. In a paperfillng device, the combina tion of fastener baseiholding means which.

release the fastener on drawin g' it. forward,"

fastener: tongue alining .and' supporti-ng means having engaging and releasing move ments at right angles toithei'tongues, and means forfforcing the papers onto thefastener. tongues to perforate and file them.

4-. In paper filing "devicathe combina tion of fastener base holding means which release the'fasteneron drawing it forward, means for forcing the papers :onto' the fastener tongues to perforate andffile thema 'av member having means for 'alinfing the fas'-;

Ztener tongues amdfor supporting themTin imparting right l-ine engaging and releasing movements to members, v, v r V r 5; In a paper filing device, the combina- 'said ali'n'ing andrsupporiting v I 5 tion ofga base, a lever moiuited on; said base, 7 a bar secured 130835161 lever at right angles to the longitudinal axis thereof. and having two paper perforating-slots, one onreach side of-saidaxisfastener base holding means which release'the fastener on'dna-Wingit forward, means for alining'and supporting the outer parts ,of =the;-fastener tongues when .2

perforating papers, and means for positively connecting the alining "and. supporting means with the-lever for imparting %engaging and releasing movements thereto. r

6. In a paper filing device, the =combi nation of a base,- a lever fulerumed' o'nrsaid base, abar having two perforating slots-and carried on said lever,1alfasteneratongue-aliirin g de'vice having=a :pair 'of vsgroove's in line at right angles to the lever axisjandihaving twopaoneon. each side of .with the slots in the .bar, and means for giiving to and fro movements to said alining device and the 'Vgrfoove's'.therein, sofas ito "bring the fastener tongues l-inc with the Perforating slots. 1 5

7 7. In :a paper filing device,'the:com'bina- "1;.

tion of va base, lever fulcrum-ed on :said

base, a ,bar carried :on said lever said axis,1a member Ehaving .tWofV'grooves-in 1 line with "the paper;- perforating slet-sand adapted :to aline and support the; fastener tongues, guides for aim/grooved member, a link connecting said lever .to the -ll..-;grooved 'rnember, and one orf-mor'e icl'ips 'tfor fholding 90 position when al'ineel, and means -;eonneqted i *with theperforating and fi'ling'aneans for 8. In a paper filing device, the combination of fastener base holding means embodying one or more spring clips Which release the fastener on drawing it forward, means for forcing the papers onto the fastener-tongues to perforate and file them, and a member having horizontal engaging and releasing movements and embodying means for alining the ends, of the fastener tongues and supporting'them when perforating papers.

9. In a tion of. fastener base holding means, means for forcing the papers onto the fastener Copies of this patent may be obtained for paper filing device, the combinatongues to perforate and file them, movable fastener tongue supporting means, and" eighth day of May A. D. 1913.

FRED KLEIN.

Witnesses:

ALVIN SUMMERS, CHARLES D. KING.

five cents eaoh, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, I Washington, D. 0. 

